Journal
PHYSICAL REVIEW E
Volume 80, Issue 2, Pages -Publisher
AMER PHYSICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.80.026403
Keywords
fusion reactors; ignition; plasma inertial confinement; plasma production
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Funding
- U.S. Department of Energy Office of Inertial Confinement Fusion [DE-FG03-03NA00058, DE-AC52-07NA27344]
- Laboratory for Laser Energetics [412160-001G]
- Cooperative Agreement [DE-FC52-92SF19460]
- University of Rochester
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A comprehensive set of dual nuclear product observations provides a snapshot of imploding inertial confinement fusion capsules at the time of shock collapse, shortly before the final stages of compression. The collapse of strong convergent shocks at the center of spherical capsules filled with D-2 and He-3 gases induces D-D and D-He-3 nuclear production. Temporal and spectral diagnostics of products from both reactions are used to measure shock timing, temperature, and capsule areal density. The density and temperature inferred from these measurements are used to estimate the electron-ion thermal coupling and demonstrate a lower electron-ion relaxation rate for capsules with lower initial gas density.
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